Tag: Skopje
Macedonia 13.11.21 | 10:59

Skopje marks its liberation in the Second World War

The city of Skopje today marks the anniversary of its liberation in World War Two. Macedonian partisan forced took the city from German units that were guarding the main railway line to secure the withdrawal from Greece. Fighting was most fierce around the Matka canyon and in the city along the railway...
Macedonia 09.11.21 | 21:35

Candidate who led the SDSM list resigns from the Skopje City Council

Doctor Sofija Pejkova, who led the SDSM list in the elections for Skopje City Council, announced that she is withdrawing from her office. SDSM will be in the minority in the Skopje Council, reducing the influence Pejkova apparently hoped she will have in the running of the city. She cited obligations...
Macedonia 08.11.21 | 18:54

Danela Arsovska assumes office as Mayor of Skopje

Danela Arsovska today assumed the office of Mayor of Skopje – the first woman to ever hold this office, After a bruising campaign, in which she was the target of vicious attacks by Zoran Zaev and his mayoral candidate Petre Silegov, she scored a stunning victory supported by VMRO-DPMNE, the Albanian...
Macedonia 08.11.21 | 15:02

Skopje’s new mayor Danela Arsovska takes office

Danela Arsovska, who was elected as the new mayor of the capital Skopje in the October local elections, arrived Monday at the City of Skopje’s offices to take over from outgoing mayor Petre Silegov. She is the first woman to run the capital since Macedonia’s independence.
Economy 03.11.21 | 15:51

Skopje airport runway will undergo reconstruction next spring

The Skopje airport will limit the number of flights in spring, because of runway maintenance. Between March 28th and May 16th, planes will only land and take off between 17:30 and 9 the next day. According to TAV Macedonia, the process will cause only minimal disruption in air traffic.
Macedonia 31.10.21 | 22:16

Danela Arsovska declares victory in Skopje: I fought not only against my opponent, but also the outgoing Prime Minister Zaev

Danela Arsovska declared victory in the mayoral race in Skopje. After facing brutal personal attacks from her opponent Petre Silegov and directly from Zoran Zaev, she now leads Silegov by over 20,000 votes and is cruising to victory. My opponent was not only the former Mayor of Skopje but also the now...
Macedonia 31.10.21 | 20:37

Slaveski: Low Albanian turnout means SDSM can’t win in Skopje

Trajko Slaveski from VMRO-DPMNE said that, while votes are still counted in Skopje, the dismal turnout in majority Albanian parts of the city means that Danela Arsovska will be the new Mayor. The only areas where her opponent, incumbent Mayor Petre Silegov won in the first round, were the Albanian majority...
Macedonia 31.10.21 | 19:47

Skopje: Silegov believes that the higher turnout will favor him

Incumbent Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov welcomed the increased turnout in the run-off vote in the capital and said that he expects it will favor him. Turnout is higher compared to the first round and I’m convinced that the people of Skopje, with their massive voting, will choose the city to continue...
Macedonia 30.10.21 | 15:10

New wave of air pollution in Skopje

The heating season has just started, and air quality in Skopje is already very bad. The air pollution exceeds the allowed limits and warns that we have a long winter ahead of us in which we will deal again with the old pollution problems. Namely, last night a high level of suspended PM 10 particles was...
Macedonia 29.10.21 | 17:18

Georgievski: Mayor Silegov overpaid for public events, directed all public contracts to one company

Petar Georgievski – Kamikaze, the Levica party candidate for Mayor of Skopje, accused the incumbent Mayor Petre Silegov (SDSM) of grossly overpaying for the New Year celebrations in 2020. Georgievski is in the public events business and said that Silegov overpaid a million EUR for the celebration. Key...
Macedonia 28.10.21 | 17:20

SDSM does not accept to be in the minority in the Skopje City Council

Even after VMRO-DPMNE, Levica, the Alliance of Albanians and Alternative created a working majority in the Council of Skopje, SDSM insists that things could still turn around. The opposition parties have 24 out of 45 seats in the Council but SDSM appears to believe that if their mayoral candidate Petre...
Macedonia 28.10.21 | 12:13

VMRO-DPMNE to hold central rally in Skopje

VMRO-DPMNE is holding Thursday a central rally in Skopje starting at 7 pm. The party announces that Danela Arsovska, the independent candidate for mayor of the City of Skopje, supported by VMRO-DPMNE and the Coalition “For the Renewal of Macedonia” and the president of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan...
Macedonia 26.10.21 | 20:58

Fire in Skopje’s main park raged for three hours

It took three hours to the Skopje firefighting teams to put out the major fire that engulfed the empty barracks in the Skopje city park that used to house the Misdemeanors Court. Seven vehicles and 20 firefighters had to be deployed. Work was delayed because there were no working fire hydrants near by,...
Macedonia 26.10.21 | 17:49

Major fire in the Skopje city park

A major fire erupted in the Skopje city park, at the site of the former Misdemeanors Court – a complex a wooden barracks near the Philip II stadium, where a lot of construction is currently going on. Smoke was seen rising above the park. At the moment there are no reports of casualties.
Macedonia 25.10.21 | 21:49

Danela Arsovska will not debate Mayor Silegov until he apologizes for Zaev’s insults aimed at her and for his dark campaign

Skopje mayoral candidate Danela Arsovska said that she will not debate the SDSM candidate and incumbent Mayor Petre Silegov until he apologizes for the ugly campaign he is running. Silegov was on the stage, sneering, when his leader Zoran Zaev made a rude hand gesture aimed at Arsovska. Danela Arsovska...
Macedonia 21.10.21 | 16:08

Danela Arsovska asks the citizens of Skopje to evaluate her proposals

Skopje mayoral candidate Danela Arsovska asked the citizens of the capital to get involved in the shaping of her priorities, as she cruises to the election run-off after beating incumbent Mayor Petre Silegov in the first round. We have less than 10 days left until the end of the campaign. That is why...
Macedonia 19.10.21 | 09:46

VMRO will have 17 seats in the Skopje council against 12 for SDSM

With all votes counted in the race in the capital Skopje, it’s clear that VMRO-DPMNE will have majority there with 17 seats, against 12 for SDSM. DUI will have 6 votes. Levica won 4, and the LDP-DOM coalition, the Alliance of Albanians and Alternative coalition and the green ZHG groups will all...
Macedonia 18.10.21 | 10:07

Skopje Council results and the removal of smaller candidates from the race favor Danela Arsovska as she goes into the second round against Mayor Silegov

After a night of major defeats across the country, SDSM touted the mayoral race in Skopje as one glimmer of hope for the party, where they could turn things around in the second round. SDSM candidate and incumbent Mayor Petre Silegov has 35 percent of the votes and trails with 3.5 percent behind the...
Macedonia 17.10.21 | 23:40

SDSM hopes to be saved by Albanian voters in the runoff race in Skopje

Faced with major losses across the country, SDSM sent their official and Zaev’s Deputy Prime Minister Ljupco Nikolovski to confront the press. In his remarks, after insisting that the party won half a dozen small municipalities, Nikolovski focused on the mayoral race in Skopje, pinning the hopes...
Macedonia 17.10.21 | 22:33

Silegov and Danela Arsovska tied in the race for Skopje, will go to a run-off

The biggest race of the evening – the one for Mayor of Skopje – will likely be resolved in the second round two weeks later between the SDSM incumbent Petre Silegov and the independent candidate Danela Arsovska, who is supported by VMRO-DPMNE. Initial results show that the two are evenly...
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